The Book of Joan

from BobVTReader

This is a strange little book where the world has been racked by environmental factors and war. A small colony of privilege human beings are living in space; they are led by a corrupted leader and there are horrifying rules to live by. Resources are scare and life is a living hell. Joan is a myth...

from chrisblocker

The Book of Joan starts off as one of the most prophetic, imaginative, and thought-provoking novels of the social media era. It ends far away, a genre-bending, weird thriller that at least remains thought provoking. Throughout it all, the language is rich and the story is compelling. Although the...

from michaelbartley

this is a wonderful book, very well reviewed and for good reason. it reminded me of the handmaids tale. the same rich new writing

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Reminded me a bit of Kameron Hurley's short story "The Corpse Archives". Very good ~literary~ sci-fi. Good timing with the Handmaid's Tale miniseries releasing in March and probably an upswing in readership for this kind of thing. All that said, I did like it!

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Intense, a brutal space opera. Like having a violent, spectacular dream about humanity teetering on the bloody brink of its exile from Earth and ultimate demise. While the author's vision is spectacular, I most appreciated the main characters, wacky yet also ruthlessly determined to win or die, a...